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(No Model.)

B. F. BEARD.

MEASURING FAUGET.

No. 590,491. Patented Sept. 21,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. BEARD, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-THIRDS TOALPHONSE BREYVSTER AND O. F. BREWSTER, OF SAME PLACE.

MEASURlNG-FAUCE-T.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,491, datedSeptember 21, 1897. Application filed May 21,1897. Serial No. 637,565.(No model.) I

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. BEARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pine Bluff, in the county of Jefferson and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and useful Measuring-Faucet, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to measuring-faucets, the object being to providea simple, :0 cheap, and efficient device of this character in which themeasuring vessel is pivotally connected to the faucet in such mannerthat it may be swung either above or below the faucet and be therebyinverted, by which means the entire contents of the barrel or othercontaining vessel may be drawn off through the measuring vessel.

iVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theseveral details of construction and combination of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a barrelwith my improved 2 3 measuring-faucet attached thereto and showing themeasuring vessel supported above the faucet. Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the measuring vessel supported below the faucet. Fig. 3 is avertical transverse section through a portion of the measuring vesseland the faucet. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through the faucet. Fig.5 is a perspective view of the turn-key detached.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar 3 5 parts in the severalfigures.

The faucet consists of the body portion 1, the stem 2, adapted to befitted into a barrel or other vessel, a side extension 3, which isintegral with the body, and a discharge-nozzle i, which preferablytapers toward its outer end. A boss 5 is formed on the front end of thebody to increase the thickness of the metal at its point, and this bossis intended to receive the impact of a mallet or similar device when thestem of the faucet is driven into a barrel.

The body of the faucet is provided with a bore 6, which extends from oneside thereof transversely through the body and into the side extension3, and this bore 6 intersects the bore of the stem 2 and thedischarge-nozzle. A key 7 is supported in the bore 6 and is providedwith a handle 8, by means of which it may be turn ed. The key isprovided with a bore 9, which extends into itlongitudinally, and with anopening 10, which extends from its periphery on one side into the key tocommunicate with the bore ,9. This opening 10 is adapted to be broughtinto register with the bore of the stem 2 or with the bore of thedischarge-nozzle atby turning the key in the proper direction. 11indicates a groove formed in the periphery of the key and extendingaround it about three-fourths of its circumference. Y 2 indicates ascrew which is fitted into the body of the faucet and projects into thegroove 11 to hold the key in position within the bore 6 and also tolimit the rotary movement of the key. i The side extension 3 is providedwith a transverse bore which intersects the bore 6.

14. indicates a T-shaped coupling having a sleeve portion 15 to fit overthe side extension 3 to turn thereon. The coupling also has a shank 16,which is bored out, as indicated at 17, and is exteriorly threaded atits outer end, as indicated by 18. The outer end of the extension 3 isthreaded to receive a nut 20, which is designed to hold the T-shapedcoupling 14. in position on the extension, and 21 is a washer, ofleather or other suitable material, which is interposed between the nut20 and the end of the sleeve 15 to prevent any leakage at this point.

The measuring vessel is indicated by 22 and consists of a glass cylinder23 and heads 24, which may be of wood or metal, as preferred, and thebolts 25, which clamp the two heads together and hold the cylinderfirmly in p0- 9o sition between them. Each of the heads 24 is providedwith an ordinary thumb-screw valve 26 for the purpose of venting themeasuring vessel in order that the fluid may flow freely into or out ofthe vessel. One of the 5 heads 2% is provided with a projecting boss 27,which is bored .out to form a passage from the interior of the measuringvessel, as indicated at 28, and the outer end of this bore is internallythreaded in order that it may be screwed onto the threaded end 18 of theshank 16, and thereby firmly secure the measuring Lil vessel to theT-shaped coupling 1%. It is evident, therefore, that the vessel may beswung around on the side extension 3 to occupy either of the positionsindicated in Figs. 1 and 2, or, if necessary, any position intermediatethe two extremes. The measuring vessel is provided with two scales(indicated by 30) on opposite sides, and these scales are so arrangedthat the quantity of fluid within the measuring vessel will be indicatedwhen the vessel occupies either of the two positions shown in Figs. 1and 2.

In operation the faucet will be secured in the barrel or othercontaining vessel, and as long as the fluid within the barrel is higherthan the top of the measuring vessel the latter can retain the positionshown in Fig. 1, and by turning the key to the proper point the fluidwill flow from the barrel into the measuring vessel, and then by turningthe key to the proper position to cause the opening 10 to register withthe discharge-spout the contents will flow from the measuring vesselinto the receiving vessel. IVhen, however, the fluid in the barrel getsbelow the top of the measuring vessel, in order to fill the measuringvessel it must be swung down to the position shown in Fig. 2, when thefluid will flow into it, and after the desired quantity is in themeasuring vessel the vessel must be turned up to the position shown inFig. 1.

in order to discharge its contents into the receiving vessel. It willthus be seen that practically the entire contents of the containingvessel can be drawn from it and discharged into the receiving vesselthrough the measuring vessel.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationwith a faucet having a lateral extension intermediate its ends providedwith a horizontal bore, and a key fitted in said faucet to intersect itslongitudinal bore and establish communication with said horizontal borein the extension and the longitudinal bore of the faucet on either sideof the key, said extension having also a vertical bore extending throughit and intersecting its horizontal bore, combined with a measuringfaucetpivotally connected at one end on said extension and provided with apassage leading from its interior and adapted to communicate with eitherend of the vertical bore in said lateral extension, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a faucet having a lateral extension intermediateits ends and provided with a horizontal bore opening out of the sideopposite the said extension and extending longitudinally into saidextension and intersecting the longitudinal bore of the faucet, saidextension having a vertical bore extending through it and intersectingits horizontal bore, and a key seated in said horizontal bore in thefaucet and having a longitudinally-extending bore communicating with thehorizontal bore in the extension, said key having also a side openingcommunicating with its longitudinal bore and adapted to be registeredwith the longitudinal bore of the faucet on either side of the key,combined with a sleeve fitted on the side extension to turn thereon andinclosing the vertical bore therein, a measuring vessel attached to thesleeve and provided with a passage leading from its interior and adaptedto communicate with either end of the vertical bore in said extension,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. BEARD.

Vitnesses:

M. P. RUSSELL, H. B. RUssELL.

